—  Submissions and their versions, declarations such as the Author Declaration Form, and authorship records.

—  Reviews, decision letters, and correspondence with authors, reviewers, and editors.

—  Records of corrections, retractions, complaints, appeals, and cases of research integrity, including the evidence received.

Confidential editorial records are kept for at least five years. They are kept longer when a complaint, a legal matter, an integrity case, or an issue with the published record needs them.

—  Only the editors and staff who need them for their work.

—  Records are not part of the public archive. See Archiving Policy.

The journal collects and keeps only what it needs to document its decisions and to answer questions about them. Personal data are handled as described in the Privacy Statement.

Questions about records, or requests relating to personal data, may be sent to [MOZAIK email].

Archiving Policy  ·  Privacy Statement  ·  Peer Review Confidentiality  ·  Complaints Policy

This policy is based on the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):